HC Deb 13 December 1922 vol 159 c2992W
Mr. JAMES BROWN

asked the Secretary for Mines what were the profits or the losses from the mines of the Country to the Government during the period of State control?

Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOX

The net cost to the State of the statutory control of coal mines is estimated to be not less than £34,250,000 apart from the Mining Industry Subvention, costing £7,100,000, or a total of £41,350,000.